John tours the Pinball Wizard Arcade in Pelham, NH - classic arcade games & pinball machines!

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In this video John takes a drive to Pelham, NH to check out the Pinball Wizard Arcade. John finds a FANTASTIC arcade filled with about 400 games with over 100 being pinball machines. And, not just any old pinballs! Great stuff like Bally/Williams 80s and 90s Classics, new Sterns and Jersey Jack Machines and even America's Most Haunted by Ben Heck! This arcade also features ton of classic arcade games. And, they sell them too.
This arcade is not too far from Funspot. So, if you make the trip to Funspot, check this place out!
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Address: 150 Bridge Street (Rt. 38) Unit P, Pelham NH 03076
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[@tyueda4285]

I miss this place a lot. I think I've inadvertently ended up with a few these pins in my place.

[@nikobellicdigitalaural]

I LOVE. LOVE. LOVE LOVE, INDIANA JONES: THE PINBALL ADVENTURE!

[@ColinCropley]

I went there a few times in 2013, once in 2014 and i'm going back tomorrow. I can hardly wait!

[@Riz2336]

That was a really good arcade, thanks for sharing dude.

[@1CrispyCracker]

Americas Most Haunted looks like a sick pin. Thanks for another awesome vid John!

[@lacrossed55]

I enjoy watching these to get my NH fix. I miss home

[@Thenoblenerds]

Great video john! I always enjoy the "on the road videos". I always see games I forgot about or never knew and so I write down the ones I would love to own one day.

[@tjkitsune]

D'aww, you remembered, Jon! Darkstalkers rocks!!

[@GlitchAGES]

I agree

[@arcadefever]

What an amazing collection of arcade and pinball. Thank you for sharing. Will love to go one day.

[@Realmasterorder]

John just to let u know,I am from Greece ! i am a gamer that's been around to play most of the games u got and that You played so far,ever since they came out and for a couple of decades after that. We got very similar tastes in most games (apart from the Fighting games that i was very good in at and played a lot )i really wish i was there with u to have some arcade fun man,if i had the money i would be there in a heartbeat :)

[@K1NGARTH3R]

I think that place is my favourite place you've covered! Lots of amazing games there!

[@ColinCropley]

My Favorite Spot To Play Games In The Entire State!

[@Brimzee84]

Thanks for all the awesome content this week dude.

[@djsquibby]

That Blasteroids game is so cool, two players on screen at the same time. Also love the idea if one player has the largest ship and the other player has the smallest ship, the smallest ship can dock onto the larger ship. So the larger ship controlls movement and shoots as normal, the smaller ship acts like a gunning turret only with 360 shooting. ;)

[@rick83083]

Awesome Vid John!!!! Thanks for reading my viewer mail. I've played the full size super Mario pinball recently and it is pretty fun!!!!!!!!!

[@jumbosinbad360]

Great video John, really notice the 60fps in this one, looks fantastic especially with the tripod! Thank you for all your extra hard work in the videos you have been putting out in the last week. Hope you get to 300k on DK!

[@Johnsarcade]

Thanks, pal!

[@SAVikingSA]

I love that this video started with token machine rage. Really hit the right buttons for me.

[@Johnsarcade]

lol! Rage! Thanks for watching. :)

[@kingchile32]

That is an epic line-up of pins, wish I was closer.

[@donh1511]

so glad you did this review since the place is gone now. thanks Can you imagine the money and time she had in this collection?! And the maintenance time?! OMG! I have about 50 games and have trouble keeping everything working.

[@drifter848]

nice arcade someplace to take friends and fam and everyone will find something to keep them entertained

[@AustinLaPlante]

Thanks man. Been planning to go their on winter vacation. Just wanted to see what new pinball and arcade games are there now. It was a bit different since the last time I went there.

[@benhove6542]

LOVE the music for the 'driving there' montage.

[@peppers1587]

In love the part with the pinball in it!! Wait I loved the while thing!!! I so want to play Americas most haunted!!!!

[@googleboughtmee]

Size of that Hercules pinball! Jesus

[@D4ftChunk]

Epic arcade well looked after machines and a great mix of games ! Another great video I'm hoping Sarah hooks you up with a baby pacman.

[@Johnsarcade]

Wouldn't that be great? :)

[@TheBestbackingtracks]

This video just helped me find about 7 awesome Mame games in my collection I had never tried!! :)

[@LilyRoseTerraharuka]

THIS

[@wholeset]

Dint you know that mame is a dirty word round these here parts?

[@thomascampr]

wholeset I'm a bachelor with a small pad and Mame is the way to go. One machine and it does all the games.

[@cj397]

thomascampr I'd love to get my Mame in a cabinet. Got 12,000 roms I need to figure out how to do it.

[@WishItWas1984]

Hey man, just want to say thank you for this video. Over the past handful of years I've known of Funspot, but I only got there twice. It's 5 hours from NYC each way....just too much of a hassle for a day-trip and too $$ for me to get a hotel, etc.. for a longer stay. HOWEVER, this place is about 3 hours away and very doable as a day trip! It looks like the essence of what I crave. All the classics in both vids & pins plus TONS more pins. I can't wait to have the time. Plus I need to play DK on a real cab since I just beat my personal best on MAME (150k+) :)

[@wizard3z868]

if your around this place closed but there is another huge arcade fun world in nashua nh closer than this arcade and way bigger like fun spot but a little smaller and closer i live in middle of them all in central nh

[@MattMcIrvin]

I loved this place so much. Went there the last weekend they were open to pay my respects. I've heard that Sarah St. John is servicing the pinballs up at Funspot now; may be why they're running better than they used to. When I went here the games I always seemed to come back to were Doctor Who and Black Knight 2000, and for a while they had an original Firepower that I couldn't resist.

[@bubbazanetti3984]

Hey John take some love from Portugal have a great year you and your family PS: keep up with the big vids never get bored with John´s Arcade 

[@joesmoe71]

As always, awesome vid! I didn't even know that place existed, next time I head to Funspot I will definitely stop by there too! I've got a Beast Busters boardset at home, haven't tested it yet though, interesting thing about that game is it doesn't cue the guns off the screen, it entirely figures out its aim by a couple of potentiometers in the base. BTW Funspot just got a Pacmania, I happened to be there when it came in today.

[@82memo82]

What an amazing place.

[@johnquillan4626]

well here we are again..John ..its so cool that you show us all these amazing games please ...PLEASE.. in the future ask someone to tape you playing more of them so we can get an idea how they all work{even a tripod would be cool} im not trying to tell you how to produce your show i just know a few people that would like to see more gameplay along with your knowledge of fixing the vids...a long time viewer ...JOHN Q!

[@griffo83X]

another great vid john that arcade looks great , i wish there was something like that near me. as for getting rid of cabs dont get rod of the outrun mate and get that rtype in there i see a space underneath your clock , also id get rid of that little table top game or move it on top of your wonky table and get another cab in :) , keep the vids coming cheers paul

[@ChibiFighter]

Holy crap in all my years of seeing Arcades and Arcade games I have NEVER Seen a Sailor Moon cabinet, that's pretty damn rad (It's a decent beat'em up).

[@cj397]

Im by Albany New York I'll definitely be making a trip to Pinball Wizard, wow!

[@RogersRoyal]

FINALLY! A place that has all the great fighting games! And they have a Street Fighter Alpha 3!? That's a great game. I still play that game to death on my PS2. One of the best Street Fighters ever. This place does it right. All the great Pins and just great arcades. If you are ever going to do an arcade, learn from this place folks. As John has said, you can't be a true arcade if you don't throw something to the Street Fighter fans. And SFA3? Great game. Great game.

[@ddpaul22]

I own a Beast Busters cab. It's a beast to move around, but a fun game to play. It's my favorite shooter in my collection.

[@Johnsarcade]

Sweet! Seems like a cool game. Too bad the gun didn't work when I played it. :(

[@VGC-cc4xt]

Any idea for value price?Im looking for one

[@AlexZander688]

I can play the older Pins all day. Black Knight, Paragon, Pinbot, Space Shuttle, High Speed, Flash, etc.

[@nathankail1490]

Hi John. I just want you to know that your channel & basement arcade is insanely awesome. I just wanted get your honest opinion on some popular arcade games to get a wannabe rookie, like myself, started off. I suggest either light guns or pins, since I'm a light gun & pinball type guy, but other types will also do. The light gun games I want your suggested opinion on are Area 51 (With it being very popular), Area 51 Site 4 (The sequel to Area 51), CarnEvil, and Ghost Squad. Some pinball suggestions are Taxi, Fun House, and, one of my personal favorites, Wheel of Fortune (Based on the hit TV game show). Again, your KZbin channel is pure insanity. Keep up the great work.

[@ChezArcade]

+Nathan Kail I have an Area 51 Site 4 and love it! Did you ever pick one up? Taxi and Fun house are also 2 great Pins. Would love a Fun House as well.

[@zeesunoo6950]

Just came back after watching the full PB Hall of Fame, Las Vegas video. Loved this video, and really glad you brought the tripod this time. I don't know if you've already done it yet, but next time have someone film or bring another nerd with you to do the cameraman-ing, while you play and show some good stuff. Get the video duration up if it there's no restriction on it. From start-to-end: Your content is really cool. Speaking of Pinball Wizard Arcade (Pelham) looks like a cool place (if it's really still there, as read in other comments it shutdown or something or no?!) But not as much Pin tables here than there were at HoF. Cool sights nonetheless. Amazing video (now finished) Looking forward for more similar pinball videos mate. One more thing, i don't know maybe you're not gonna like it, but try not to waste those fan/emails by crushing and throwing on floor or dustbin. Yeah, i know it's on your own paper printed not a real post/mail. Just pile 'em up somewhere as you keep reading in the video (bin them or burn them; behind the cam) :) Stay blessed man & keep entertaining. You rock John. Let me check your other videos........

[@Ebinsugewa]

A unique part about Tekken 5 is that it has PS2 ports on the cabinet for your to play with your own controller if you want. Both Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey and WG3DH 98 are on N64. Good ports too. Also, don't even let someone fool you into thinking Paragon is good.

[@patriots603]

Great vid man. I gotta get up there just to master that walking dead pin! BTW, the show is great.

[@ganjam0n]

Hi john, loving the mass amount of videos your putting out of late, thanks for the entertainment :), Oh and i could never get rid of a outrun, it was a game i used to hunt down on every camping holiday i went on as a kid in the 90`s. My dad used to allways take turns playing it with me so it has alot of cool memories, when i would see it in the arcade i would get so psyched because were my dad enjoyed it, i would be guarenteed to get some credits :) ps, if you cant make it to the end of outrun john, just keep going left at each intersection, furthest left route is the easiest, so try it sometime ;).

[@BfDelano]

I love this arcade! I try to get in whenever I can get the chance.

[@krowland7584]

I would love to own a pinball someday. Put it next to my neogeo mvs 4 slot and let the party begin. That motorbike pin was dope btw. Super sick vid john as always. Great way to kick off 2015. Even though i agree with u 100 percent abput not letting strangers play your spot like an arcade... dude johnsfest 2015...

[@Dasnechla]

Weird you mentioned Mat Mania--I just found my old boardset the other day. I'd be more than happy to send it along, but I doubt you'd want to set aside a vertical cab just for it. (cabinet it came from apparently used to be a super cobra!)

[@webdiddy]

I am a big time pinhead and that place looked really sweet! The tripod worked really good until you got out on the concrete LOL!

[@damiancordero3193]

Now I am considering going to Funspot this year.

[@AlexZander688]

Oh man, love Road Show. I would buy your Whirlwind, love that Pin. One of my favorites. Star Trek Next Generation is still personal favorite, if I had only one to choose from. Medieval Madness is alright, but no where near being a favorite of mine. There is at least 20 Pins in that arcade I would play before MM.

[@Star_Sn1per]

Was there two week's ago.. Honestly love this place even more than Funspot!

[@Hollyweirdification]

At 44:02 you were right. Stern did indeed make a Star Wars pinball. Good call

[@thedogjuicettv]

RIP Pinball Wizard. Thank you for playing Sailor Moon, it was my favorite. Really regretting not buying Dracula Pinball from Sarah...

[@opticburn]

For the MAME monitor choice, I ran into the same problem. My (cheap) answer was finding a cheap Sony Trinitron that fit my cab, gutted the tube out of it (BE CAREFUL, AND GROUND OUT THE TUBE FIRST), then found a video card that had S-Video out on Newegg and used that on the input of the TV.

[@ColinCropley]

i'm going to be in for some big changes when I go. i'm happy to play pinball, i'm a pinball player just like you!

[@ILordSpawnI]

John bleeds for this channel

[@funkymonkey5759]

John! YOUR SPEEDING!!

[@garrytheartofhate4626]

John should get Laser War by Data East from mid-1987. It's a pinball game, and it's my personal favorite!

[@Retrocade1979]

Grest roadtrip! You didn't play the games and pins long. Was there Some kid behind you that followed you and played the rest of the credit :-)

[@ColinCropley]

I also love the Maverick pinball machine based on the 1994 movie with Mel Gibson And James Garner (RIP)!

[@NikoBellicDigital]

I HATE THAT PINBALL SO MUCH!!

[@amazinmets8439]

36:40 Maverick the movie grossed $183 million in 1994 and was a huge success, just so you know. Great film. =D

[@danieldevries3230]

I went there because of this video. It was awesome! Damn shame it closed down. ☹️

[@TheSev-]

I would love to have a Wizard of Oz pin! I was fortunate enough to play the very first one that was on loan to the Seattle Pinball Museum.

[@pinballdan]

OH my god..The eggs LMFAO!!!

[@PatrickDaniels]

John: What's a honey do? Me: It's a melon.

[@goofyahhuncle5020]

You know he despises theatre of magic when he says hate at least 4 times at it

[@povertygamer]

I used to live a mile away from that place

[@RetroDriveCinema]

You might have to build a small shed to store some games in. Awesome vids as always.

[@thomascampr]

I'll take the GUNS N ROSES pinball SHA NANANANA NEEE. Welcome to the jungle baby. Best pinball games I've seen.

[@bdawg3853]

I recently sold a Sailor Moon PCB, went for good cash cause it is sooooo rare. actually kinda fun also.

[@Johnsarcade]

Oh, really? That game was pretty wild. Neat for sure.

[@paddlenswim9894]

kudos for the hard boiled eggs snack :) I love it too and it's a very healthy snack.

[@ArtVandelayOfficial]

yeah not with a teaspoon of salt ... :D

[@paddlenswim9894]

that depends on your daily sodium intake..

[@MicheleL2121-m1]

Have you ever been to Pinball Perfection in Pittsburgh, Pa? They have old arcades and pinball machines there. Also Replay FX is coming to Pittsburgh July 26th-29th- Tons of arcades, consoles set up and pinball machines.

[@commandtheline]

that Blitz was in a Sega Virtua Fighter (or similar) cab 3 sided lower front, chrome t-molding etc... By far the heaviest upright cab i own. So huge, we put my brother in-law in it and locked up the back door. Definitely a good choice, WG4900 and 7000. Just avoid the Zenith made 25" 7000s (can't get a fly back)

[@commandtheline]

The arcade version of Blazblue runs on the Taito X2. Basically a windows PC, it's been cracked, we will not discus this here ;) I love any of the anime-style fighters, another good one is Guilty Gear on the Atomiswave/Naomi.

[@pinmike8666]

Awesome arcade for sure and with it being close to Funspot/Arcade Classic Museum, New England might actually be the best arcade region in the country!

[@MrPafleouf]

they got a lot of recent stuff (VS fighting, and even pins) but no real shmup. Anyway, this place looks amazing !

[@Johnsarcade]

yeah, I didn't notice that but you're right. not many shmups.

[@michaelsalomone8031]

Great video John. I guess it's just as well that there is nothing like that in the NE Ohio area, saves me a ton of cash. The only game in town is Dave & Busters, 75% redemption, 25% videos and 0% PINBALL, what a shame. After meeting up with my kids at a local BAR Cade (I'm not going to mention the name) 2 days later I'm sick as a dog. There should be some sort of law that hand sanitizer is required to be supplied and used at these petri dish establishments. Happy New Year...

[@bigbrain1024]

Yeah it is true my friend works there for Sarah and she told him that it is closing because the landlord is selling but Sarah will still have her repair business and maybe open in a different location

[@byss43551]

I know the wobbly Titans table is sort of your stage for viewer mail but it's also valuable arcade real estate. If I were you, I'd consider moving that and the MegaTouch to the other side of your stairwell across from what looks to be the deepfreeze or maybe back by your desk behind the red tent.

[@webdiddy]

Oh, and your song when driving back was really good, I wish it was without the auto-tune on Matts voice.

[@burn646]

SNK beast busters looks like a squeal to zombie raid, look into this arcade. Its a cheap arcade but one that is a ton of fun to play!

[@VGC-cc4xt]

Those X-Men 6 Player and Beast Buster,wishlist games for 2017

[@NotWatching666999]

Place is awesome! With so many Pin's why are they not switching to LED lights on the playfield? Looks like they spend lots of time just changing bulbs.

[@bdawg3853]

Also Glad you were not so negative this time about the redemption games, seen alot that I have made at work there.

[@Johnsarcade]

I don't mind them existing. I just don't like arcades that ONLY have them. This place had a great balance. So, they are good in the this setting. Who do you work for?

[@bdawg3853]

I Work for Bay Tek Games, Great company!

[@Johnsarcade]

B Dawg Sweet. Get me a Flappy Bird. :)

[@tehtubes1]

Bonsai Run is awesome.. only saw it once at Disney World.

[@tehtubes1]

+Danielle Pluzsik gosh I think it was summer of 1999!

[@ColinCropley]

I Love The NASCAR Pinball Machine There And The Rescue 911 Pinball Machine. Maybe You Should Try The Rescue 911 Pinball Machine Some Time!

[@brianvrota1]

Found this place via Groupon nice hidden find and about 20 minutes from me.

[@PantherUK]

Awesome as always John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech... That is how arcades should be, at least that's how they were mid to late 80's over here (not so many pins though) and thanks for reading out my viewer mail... All the arcades near me are redemption and fruit machines, with a house of the dead 4 (i think it was 4), a Lucky and Wild, a Time Crisis 2, a Point Blank and a Jurassic Park pin... These all seem to move around 3 arcades month to month which are all owned by the same company... Sucks massively... Also no more Star Wars and you're thinking of getting rid of Outrun and Gyruss, dude you're killing my childhood..! lol just kidding keep it up mate... :D

[@christianblade2052]

Yeah, you're definitely alone on Theatre Of Magic, I love that pin.

[@steve24822]

Hopefully I can help a little with the person asking about arcade monitors in the UK. In Europe we are a little lucky, most TV's have SCART inputs and if used correctly make the TV an arcade monitor. SCART connectors avoid any processing and directly display the signal to the screen (connecting via any other method is processed electronically so is basically crap, in the US they do not have SCART so are probably not aware of this.), so, you need an Ultimarc arcade vga card, make a vga to scart lead (search on google for vga to scart arcadevga) and pick up a tv of the desired size. The TV you will be able to pick up for nothing or nearly nothing, Ebay, free local papers, local tip. Good luck...

[@thegamerontop5348]

Basically, the Pinball Hall of Fame in New England.

[@awesomepetertv]

was there last week, and banzai run was down!!

[@ClasenMovies]

Awesome as always... Can I know what camera you use?

[@markdaniel7689]

I kniw it's old, but I just found this video, it's great. I wonder if you ever tried the Sigma Derby game at The D in Vegas? Very old school, but fun. Looks like something you'd like.

[@MattJohnsonhikes]

Hey John, I restored a pair of Space Invaders Deluxes (as mentioned in the vid). I got a pair thinking I would only get one good machine out of it. Well they were both salvageable and now they have fresh stenciled side art, new control panels, decent monitors, Braze kits and new molding and repainted coin doors, oh and rebuilt bottoms with new levelers. I knew I wouldn't get my time and money back but it was good experience (I couldn't scrap either one) and I have the nicest one and really enjoy it. So what do you think one is worth? I was kind of thinking between 4-500. (I'm in Michigan)

[@Naceo]

I was just here today and yes this place is pretty awesome. The only pinball table I played was "Whodunit" and I got annihilated pretty quickly but you are spoiled for choice. Other than that, a little robotron here, a little galaga there, had a pretty decent run on Metal Slug X and beat the advanced track on Daytona USA (singing along to the soundtrack).

[@VeganBytes]

Banzai run looks awesome. Ive never seen anything like it. I also spotted a Tron Legacy pin there, unfortunately ive never played it. The arcade scene here in Galway is terrible. I'd love to do an "on the road" type vid like this too but everything here is just "ticket games" for kiddie prizes :/

[@jimboissuperfun]

Just announced on Facebook they are closing on Sunday.

[@musketeer6498]

next week i'm going to get my first pinball machine.

[@c3j3p3]

Hey John was just curious in why you passed up on the blitz cabinet, I would have to say if I could have 3 arcade cabinets they would be Donkey Kong, NFL Blitz, and a Truxton also I really want an Ice Cold Bear after watching your videos.

[@bigbrain1024]

Just to let anyone else know that Pinball Wizard will be closing on Dec 31, 2016 because the landlord is selling the property

[@Johnsarcade]

+justin brangiforte Really? Is that true? Bummer.

[@thor-ps5qs]

+John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech That sucks... Might have to make a road trip, one of the better arcades I have seen in a while.

[@doctorx0079]

Looks like it's still there?

[@randomperson9498]

doctorx0079 Can confirm it's still there. I live a couple streets over from it and was just there today.

[@bigbrain1024]

Got news that tomorrow will be pinball wizards final day running and once Monday the 1st of May hits its going to be gone

[@sodasic]

Great vid as always- question. What happened to your hand? It looks like you were bleeding a bit

[@Johnsarcade]

Yeah, I dunno. I bumped into something in that place and scratched my hand. ODD.